India captain Rohit Sharma assured that he is "going nowhere", despite reports suggesting that the veteran batter is no longer in the selectors scheme of things.

Seen sitting outside the dressing room during the national anthem, the Indian skipper’s exclusion has been interpreted as a significant turning point in his career.

The captain of the Indian cricket team is sitting out of a crucial Test match for the first time ever in the middle of an ongoing series as defeats in Australia beckon generational change in the country’s most popular and richest sport.

Rohit Sharma opted to rest in the fifth and final Test against Australia as Jasprit Bumrah took over the captaincy in Sydney. Now that Rohit has voluntarily sat out of the team, former India head coach Ravi Shastri feels he might pull the plug on his Test career.

Indian test skipper Rohit Sharma said sitting out the final match of the series against Australia due to poor form does not mean he will retire, adding that critics will not decide when he should walk away from the sport.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, January 3. The visitors made a couple of changes to their playing XI with the biggest one of captain Rohit Sharma,

Admitting his form slump, India captain Rohit Sharma took a bold call and decided to drop himself from the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Rohit Sharma's call to opt out of Sydney Test,